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Dessert

Easy Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes (from a box!)

September 8, 2009
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Crystal’s birthday was over the weekend, so I decided to try my hand at baking one of her very favorites: Red Velvet Cupcakes.
I’m much more of a cook than a baker, but as I mentioned in my last cupcake post, I learned a great deal about doctoring cake mixes from my mother, the Cake Mix [...]

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Gluten-Free Lemon Poppyseed Cupcakes (from a box!)

August 20, 2009
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Growing up, my mother’s idea of dinner was often microwave popcorn and diet coke. While her culinary skills are not great, she is, and will always be, the Cake Mix Queen. The cakes and cupcakes she makes from doctored box mixes are moist, flavorful, and usually scarfed down completely only minutes after she smothers them [...]

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Gluten-free banana bread muffins — Moist!

September 17, 2008
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This awesome gluten-free banana bread recipe can be used for either banana bread muffins (a household favorite) or a banana bread loaf. I’ve experimented with several different banana bread recipes, and this one is tops in my book. I think it’s the combination of cinnamon, vanilla and milk (I use 1% or whatever’s in the [...]

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